Environment Protection Act 2019

(1) This section applies in relation to a legacy mine feature on a mining site.

(a) monitor the environmental impacts associated with or resulting from the legacy mine feature including any impacts occurring outside the mining site; and

(b) manage the environmental impacts associated with or resulting from the legacy mine feature including any impacts occurring outside the mining site; and

(c) remediate and rehabilitate the environmental impacts associated with or resulting from the legacy mine feature at the mining site, if:

(i) the mining operator has conducted mining activities on the legacy mine feature or any part of the legacy mine feature; or

(ii) any action of the mining operator has had an adverse impact on the legacy mine feature; and

(d) undertake post-closure monitoring, management and reporting activities required for the legacy mine feature if the mining operator is responsible, under paragraph (c), for the remediation and rehabilitation of the environmental impacts associated with or resulting from the legacy mine feature.